I am proud to have Adam Tucker guest posting on what is hopefully the first of many, Wise Guy Wednesdays. Adam is a husband, father and the brains behind The Daily Walk, a blog dedicated to “Exploring Life One Post at a Time!”. In his spare time Adam is learning web design, gives batting lessons and captures leprechauns.
Are there things that you cannot wait to teach your children when they get older?
When I became a parent a little over two years ago I was so excited about all of the things that I would get to teach my son. I started to think about everything my parents had taught me and I began to feel overwhelmed. Here I am a new dad and I have so much teaching and learning to do.
Fast forward to today and I have to admit the first two years have been more learning (diapers, compassion, cold, and most of all patience) than teaching. However, as my son gets older I know there are five things that without a doubt I am excited about teaching him. Five things that in themselves will teach my son lessons that he can carry with him the rest of his life:
Father & Son
1. Prayer – This is something that I am trying to instill in him now. I want my son to see me pray and in prayer, and that he can take all his worries and needs to his Father in heaven.
2. A Book – I can already tell my son loves to read. He spends hours sitting on the floor in his play room going through his books acting as if he is reading them. However, I cannot wait to teach him about the most important book of them all. Our owner’s manual so to speak; The Bible. For in it he will find guidance, peace, right, and wrong.
3. Riding a Bike – One of the biggest things that I cannot wait to teach my son is to how to ride a bike. I know that when I was young the day my training wheels came off was a big deal. I had gained a sense of freedom. Like I could explore new things and try new stuff. However, very seldom do you just take-off and become a natural at riding a bike. I know I did not. In teach my son to ride a bike he will learn that there will be failures. They may hurt at times, but once you have succeeded it is well worth it. In that moment he will have learned not to give up because success could be on the next attempt.
4. Baseball – I have played baseball for as long as I can remember, and really love it. I cannot wait to teach him how to hold the ball to gain maximum carry when he throws it, how to properly field a ground ball, and how to hit a ball like his daddy used too. 
In teaching my son the various skills that are required to make a pretty good baseball player I hope to instill in him the value of hard work, and how it pays off. I hope to see him learn that there are far better results in teamwork than working alone no matter how good he is at the sport. Also, no matter how good that he is, or is not, I hope that he learns humility is key.
5. Driving – When it comes to driving it will be at that age where teens think they know it all. Maybe my son won’t, but we can only wait and see. In teaching my son to drive I hope to teach him the importance of responsibility. This privilege will no doubt be one of the biggest responsibilities that he has had up to that point, and the most freedom he will have had. I will not be able to be with my son all the time, and it will be up to him to reflect on what we teach him and make wise decisions.
My son, or any of the children we may have in the future, will not be perfect. We do not expect them to be. We do want them to know the lessons each of these teachings gives. If they can do that I think my wife and I will have done a pretty good job.
Life is a journey, and I cannot wait to see where it takes my son!
Are there things that you cannot wait to teach your children?
Thanks again KC for this opportunity!
Thank you, Adam.
Great stuff. You’re a good dad.
Thanks. You as well my friend. Dad’s cannot hear that enough!
Great stuff Adam and KC! Wednesdays I will be back, I promise!!
Thanks man! Appreciate you checking out Some Wise Guy.
Thanks Matthew!
Great stuff Adam/KC.
I can’t wait to teach my children how to play baseball. Also, to teach my children the gift of just having fun, regardless what cards are dealt to you. I want them to always find time to laugh and dance and just have fun. We get too old too fast by forgetting to have fun. Shame!
I agree Moe. Having fun and laughing are so important. You can never have to much of either.
Dude, when your boy hits his FIRST homerun (’cause I’m sure there will be hundreds), it’s going to be epic and I fully expect you to have it on video and share it with us!
I absolutely loved teaching my girls how to ride a bike, and I can’t wait to teach Jack because I know the next day he’ll be building ramps and competing in X-games.
Or maybe not.
OH, also throwing a good spiral was fun.
Awesome Ben. You better believe I will be showing of the first homer!
My son is 9 so I’ve had the chance to teach him a lot of these things and it’s been so awesome. Right now our favorite thing is to wrestle when I get home from work. Best part of the day.
One of the things I’m looking forward to teaching him is how to clean the bathroom and wash the dishes. Mostly so I don’t have to do them anymore.
Amen to that. We are working on the dishes with our 8-yr-old; but, cleaning the bathrooms would be awesome.
I was thinking the same thing as I wheeled the sticky nasty trash can to the road before work the other morning.
My kids are now 8, 7, and 2. Time flies by and so many things that I thought I would already be teaching are yet to begin. So, I am now learning that I have to be more intentional – as well as take advantage of the ‘moments’ that life brings along.
The biggest thing that I am trying to teach my children now is the concept of character; and for the more epic moment, building the most-stupendous ice-cream mountains (the name ‘ice cream sundae’ is just too small).
I like it and that sounds awesome. Love me some ice cream!
Yeah, I can’t wait until I teach my girls how to toss a ball… or a softball… whatevs.
It’s gonna be fun Dustin!